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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 20255 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2025, 6:35 AM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2025, 6:35 AM CDT (11:35 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2025, 7:15 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Creek County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 24, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 6:31 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:31 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 6:14 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 6:15 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 6:21 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 6:22 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 6:27 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
627 AM CDT Sat May 24 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 WNW Hectorville       35.85N 95.94W
05/24/2025  M60 MPH          Okmulgee           OK   Trained Spotter

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Local storm report, May 24, 6:33 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
633 AM CDT Sat May 24 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 W Hectorville         35.84N 96.00W
05/24/2025  M65 MPH          Okmulgee           OK   Mesonet

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	29 min
May 24, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	38 min
May 24, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	36 min
May 24, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	42 min
May 24, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	37 min
May 24, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	46 min
May 24, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	20 min
May 24, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	33 min
May 24, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	26 min
May 24, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	38 min
May 24, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	50 min
May 24, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	29 min
May 24, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	25 min
May 24, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	51 min
May 24, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	32 min
May 24, 1:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	38 min
May 24, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers	51 min
May 24, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	49 min
May 24, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	41 min
May 24, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	26 min
May 24, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	38 min
May 24, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	46 min
May 24, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	50 min
May 24, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	46 min
May 24, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	44 min
May 24, 4:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	51 min
May 24, 4:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	48 min
May 24, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	47 min
May 24, 5:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	42 min
May 24, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	47 min
May 24, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	53 min
May 24, 5:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	42 min
May 24, 5:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	29 min
May 24, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 5 more	52 min
May 24, 5:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 2 more	62 min
May 24, 6:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa	5 hr
May 24, 6:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington	3 hr
May 24, 6:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	30 min
May 24, 6:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	38 min
May 24, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more	46 min
May 24, 6:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	3 hr
May 24, 7:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 5 more	61 min
May 24, 7:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	51 min
May 24, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	4 hr
May 24, 8:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	43 min
May 24, 8:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg	3 hr
May 24, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	34 min
May 24, 8:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	41 min
May 24, 8:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	6 hr
May 24, 8:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	52 min
May 24, 8:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	50 min
May 24, 8:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	27 min
May 24, 8:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer	5 hr
May 24, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	30 min
May 24, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	53 hr
May 24, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	53 hr
May 24, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	3 days
May 24, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	4 days
May 24, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	3 days
May 24, 9:26 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	42 hr
May 24, 9:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	22 min
May 24, 10:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	40 min
May 24, 10:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	39 min
May 24, 10:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	52 min
May 24, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	36 min
May 24, 1:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	45 min
May 24, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pushmataha	31 min
May 24, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	34 min
May 24, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	33 min
May 24, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	10 min
May 24, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	32 min
May 24, 7:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	3 hr
May 24, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	50 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.